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Future Forward 2025 Press Release
TOPEKA, KS - The Clean Energy Business Council and Kansas Department of Commerce are proud to present Future Forward: The Kansas Energy Economy, taking place at Hotel Topeka at City Center on October 8th and 9th, 2025. Kansas - and its businesses - are paving the way...
KCC’s Strategic Mandate: Diversifying Evergy’s Future and Shielding Kansas Ratepayers
On July 7, 2025, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) issued a landmark order in Docket 25-EKCE-207-PRE, approving Evergy's plans for new fossil gas AND solar generation. This was not the outcome we advocated for. However, despite greenlighting significant new...
Board Member Remarks
On June 10th, 2025, our team held our Annual Fundraiser and Awards Celebration, “Embracing Kansas Values: Building Resilience Through Community.” Below you will find the remarks from our Board Member, John Shively.Before I joined the board of the Climate and Energy...
Executive Director Remarks
On June 10th, 2025, our team held our Annual Fundraiser and Awards Celebration, "Embracing Kansas Values: Building Resilience Through Community." Even if you were unable to join us in Lawrence last week, there are still opportunities to show your support! It is not...
TAKE ACTION! Tell the KCC No to Evergy Fossil Gas Plants!
Evergy is proposing to the KCC, two fossil gas plants in Reno and Sumner County with a price tag of $2 Billion Dollars - leaving Kansans with the bill. Tell the KCC we don't want dirty gas! Evergy is a for-profit monopoly which means it has no free-market competition...
WEALTH Day 2025
On Monday, February 10th, 2025, WEALTH Day will unite once again with organizations, advocates, and lawmakers from across Kansas to collaborate on issues related to Water, Energy, Air, Land, Transportation, and Health. You can expect booths, panel discussions,...
WEALTH Day of Environmental Advocacy and Education at the Capitol
On Monday February 5th, 2024, WEALTH Day will bring together organizations, advocates, and legislators from across Kansas to connect on Water, Energy, Air, Land, Transportation, and Health – WEALTH. The Climate + Energy Project has been hosting a collaborative event around climate issues for over a decade.
Wind Energy: A Wildlife Biologist’s Take
As a wildlife biologist, I think that the impacts of commercial-scale land-based wind farms on wildlife have been significantly reduced, and that guidelines and regulatory measures are in place to reduce these impacts further. I am also convinced that climate change impacts wildlife much more than well-regulated wind farms.
SUN AND WIND
In the face of the climate crisis, both the sun and wind are sources of new blessing. By harvesting solar energy from the sun in solar panels and harnessing the power of the wind with wind turbines, both sun and wind have become tremendous sources of clean and sustainable energy.
Climate + Energy Project awarded $400,000 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Buildings UP Program
The Climate + Energy Project is pleased to announce that its program, Energy Navigators, has been awarded $400,000 in Phase 1 funding to build community-driven pathways to upgrading homes, improving home energy efficiency, reducing energy burden, and improving health of Kansans experiencing energy insecurity.
Evergy Rate Case Settlement: Climate + Energy Project Joins Unanimously-reached Agreement
Evergy's rate case has been resolved with a unanimous agreement from interveners/stakeholders, including CEP. The net increase of $74 million will result in an average monthly bill increase of $4.64 for residential customers in Evergy's Kansas Central territory. In...
CLIMATE CHANGE MISINFORMATION: LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
Climate change is a real and urgent problem caused by human activity that requires immediate action—and misinformation gets in the way of taking action. Let's take a closer look at how and why climate change misinformation spreads. Climate change misinformation is a...